"The hypothesis of an accidental drowning that looms large from the evidence led at the trial; more plausible than a homicide." Supreme Court, in a
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"As a general rule, a court can and may act on the testimony of a single witness though uncorroborated. One credible witness outweighs the testimony of a
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"When the facts are known to both the parties, omission by one party to do what he might have done would not render its suppression."
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"Any contract of sale which is not a registered deed of conveyance would fall short of the requirements of Sections 54 and 55 of the
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"By loss of consortium, the courts have made an attempt to compensate the loss of spouse's affection, comfort, solace, companionship, society, assistance, protection, care and
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"Parties cannot be permitted to adduce oral evidence as to them by an indirect method." Supreme Court, in a judgment dated August 14, 2026, held that once
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"The Second Schedule also contains Rule 61 which supplies the consequences of and the remedy precisely for such a default, namely an application to set
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"The protection is by its own text personal to the judgment debtor as it is confined to a house belonging to and occupied by the
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"Every employee in the managerial cadre may not necessarily have the power to appoint or dismiss personnel nor indeed would an employee engaged mainly in a
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"The victim of a crime must have an absolute right to prefer an appeal which cannot be circumscribed by any condition precedent." Punjab and Haryana
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"The medico legal report does not support the allegation of commission of rape on her and the age of the victim has been found to
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"The dispute is confined to the fact whether flat in all respect was complete on 12.05.2022 or was completed thereafter. It is a pure question
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"Merely because the Petitioner has filed an application seeking condonation of delay of 2 days as per the office note that does not ipso facto
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"It is evident from the aforesaid recital in the reply to the notice that the defendants, in fact, denied their liability to pay interest. A
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"It is a well-settled principal of constitutional jurisprudence that a writ petition is not a panacea for the resolution of deep-seated civil controversies. The extraordinary
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Kerala High Court, in a significant ruling, held that properties acquired prior to the commission of a predicate offence can be provisionally attached under the
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"Allegation springs when the stock market falls. The allegation is that the desired amount is not handed over by the petitioner to the complainant. On
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"The gravity of the original offence and the length of the sentence imposed by the court are, by themselves, not relevant considerations while deciding a
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"An accused may commit or participate in an act constituting one offence, but that fact alone cannot make him constructively liable for another offence unless the act
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"In the absence of evidence establishing these crucial links, the prosecution's version remains an inference built upon suspicion rather than a conclusion founded on proven
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"The hypothesis of an accidental drowning that looms large from the evidence led at the trial; more plausible than a homicide." Supreme Court, in a
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"As a general rule, a court can and may act on the testimony of a single witness though uncorroborated. One credible witness outweighs the testimony of a
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"When the facts are known to both the parties, omission by one party to do what he might have done would not render its suppression."
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"Any contract of sale which is not a registered deed of conveyance would fall short of the requirements of Sections 54 and 55 of the
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"By loss of consortium, the courts have made an attempt to compensate the loss of spouse's affection, comfort, solace, companionship, society, assistance, protection, care and
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"Parties cannot be permitted to adduce oral evidence as to them by an indirect method." Supreme Court, in a judgment dated August 14, 2026, held that once
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"The Second Schedule also contains Rule 61 which supplies the consequences of and the remedy precisely for such a default, namely an application to set
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"The protection is by its own text personal to the judgment debtor as it is confined to a house belonging to and occupied by the
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"Suffice it to observe that having interacted with the child we are of the opinion that the interest and welfare of the child would be
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"When the plaintiff affirms trademark infringement, even if the written statement is not on record, the defendant is entitled to put the question which queries
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"Upon perusal of the impugned order, we are satisfied that the Division Bench committed serious error in exercising its review jurisdiction." Supreme Court, in a significant ruling,
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"Re-employed officers/persons after the retirement, when re-employed again, stand belong to a separate class. Their claim to avail the 6th Pay Commission pay scales has
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"Trust and its trustees cannot blithely ignore the accounting system followed by banks and come up with different calculations at different points of time to suit
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"The subsequent declaration of juvenility does not, by itself, erase a finding of guilt recorded on evidence. It principally affects the forum and nature of
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"Suit as we found was filed on the strength of the invoices raised and not on the basis of a running account. The mere deduction
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"The filing of a suit for recovery based upon a cause of action, that is within limitation can in any manner impact the separate and
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"High Court failed to appreciate that all these cases were actions in tort and negligence was required to be established firstly by the claimants." Supreme
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"The stance of blissful ignorance taken by the senior officers of the State of Chhattisgarh... is sacrilegious and reflects a disturbing disregard of the statutory
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"Order under Section 69 of the CGST Act, as held, being a sine qua non to seek anticipatory bail, it would be an anomaly to
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"The respondent-authorities cannot be permitted to defeat the claim of an otherwise eligible dependent by taking advantage of their own delay in processing the application."
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"Every employee in the managerial cadre may not necessarily have the power to appoint or dismiss personnel nor indeed would an employee engaged mainly in a
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"The victim of a crime must have an absolute right to prefer an appeal which cannot be circumscribed by any condition precedent." Punjab and Haryana
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"The medico legal report does not support the allegation of commission of rape on her and the age of the victim has been found to
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"The dispute is confined to the fact whether flat in all respect was complete on 12.05.2022 or was completed thereafter. It is a pure question
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"Merely because the Petitioner has filed an application seeking condonation of delay of 2 days as per the office note that does not ipso facto
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"It is evident from the aforesaid recital in the reply to the notice that the defendants, in fact, denied their liability to pay interest. A
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"It is a well-settled principal of constitutional jurisprudence that a writ petition is not a panacea for the resolution of deep-seated civil controversies. The extraordinary
read more
Kerala High Court, in a significant ruling, held that properties acquired prior to the commission of a predicate offence can be provisionally attached under the
read more
"Allegation springs when the stock market falls. The allegation is that the desired amount is not handed over by the petitioner to the complainant. On
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"The gravity of the original offence and the length of the sentence imposed by the court are, by themselves, not relevant considerations while deciding a
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"An accused may commit or participate in an act constituting one offence, but that fact alone cannot make him constructively liable for another offence unless the act
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"In the absence of evidence establishing these crucial links, the prosecution's version remains an inference built upon suspicion rather than a conclusion founded on proven
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Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a significant ruling, dismissed a writ petition challenging a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable's dismissal, holding that courts
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"The objective of Order 39 Rule 2A of the CPC is to ensure compliance with the interim order — quite akin to the principles applicable under
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"Witnessing the death of one's mother at the hands of one's father, uncles and aunts is indeed an abnormal event in the life of an individual.
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"Unless an establishment is brought within the purview of the ESI Act, in the manner prescribed under the Act, none of the provisions of the Act would
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"In view of the subsequent events, the property directed to be returned is no longer available with the defendants, since it has already been sold
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"The expression 'just cause' has consistently received a liberal interpretation. Since probate is a judgment in rem, the Court granting probate owes a corresponding duty
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"A failure in above regard, namely when the cheque amount is not mentioned in the Proviso (b) notice or the amount different than the actual
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"The relationship between the parties has been modified from that of mortgagee under possession to that of a statutory tenant, the said fact may be
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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